Today is Leap Second Time Adjustment Day. (This is listed as an observance title only. Some years scientists do not make adjustments. But, if they do, then it's done on either June 30th or December 31st.)

This summer, one person will get paid to live out what would be most travelers' worst nightmare: 80 days -- and nights -- stuck at the airport. Canada's Vancouver International Airport turns 80 in July, and to celebrate, the airport authority is holding a contest to pick one person who will live onsite for 80 days and create short daily videos, post updates on Facebook and Twitter and provide other reports about their experience.

ST PETERSBURG --James Shields left with two innings to go on Wednesday and came away a 4-3 loser.

In the process, Tampa Bay's "Complete-Game James" saw his string of consecutive complete games snapped at three, thanks to a hanging curveball and not enough offense as the Reds took the rubber game of the three-game series in front of 25,968 at Tropicana Field.

2006 - U.S. President George W. Bush took Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on a private tour of Graceland. Priscilla and Lisa Marie Presley were the tour guides.

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In Massachusetts David Pinkham was caught when police spotted him leaving Lawrence City Hall with a case of toilet paper. Security videos were used as evidence that he had entered the building empty handed before leaving with the case. Upon further investigation it was revealed that David had even more toilet paper --with six rolls hidden down his pants.

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Today in Beatles History:

1985 - John Lennon's psychedelic Rolls Royce was sold at auction for $2 million.

1989 - The surviving Beatles filed for an injunction against Dave Clark (Dave Clark Five) to prevent him from selling copies of the Beatles on "Ready Steady Go!"

1979 - The Wings single "Old Siam Sir" hit #35 in the U.K.

1979 - The Wings album "Back To The Egg" hit #6 in the U.K. and #8 in the U.S.

2006 - In Las Vegas, the Cirque de Soleil show "LOVE" officially opened at The Mirage Hotel.

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I think you'll agree we'll all be sleeping a little better tonight knowing that 51-year-old Green Mile actor Doug Hutchinson did indeed marry a 16-year-old. E! News obtained Courtney Stodden's birth certificate, which shows she was born August 29, 1994.

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Today in Sports History:

1962 - Los Angeles Dodger Sandy Koufax pitched his first no-hitter in a game with the New York Mets.

1970 - The Cincinnati Reds moved to their new home at Riverfront Stadium.

1978 - Willie McCovey hit his 500th career home run.

1984 - The longest professional football game took place in the United States Football League (USFL). The Los Angeles Express beat the Michigan Panthers 27-21 after 93 minutes and 33 seconds.

1994 - The U.S. Figure Skating Association stripped Tonya Harding of the 1994 national championship and banned her from the organization for life for an attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan.

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Experienced in broadcasting, as a disc jockey, news/sports director, operations manager and play-by-play broadcaster of hockey, baseball, basketball and football. I have an eight year old son named Jimmy, plus a cat called Tabby. I am a huge Tri-City Americans and Saskatchewan Roughriders fan. See you on the radio!